Deputies on Sept. 28 executed a search warrant at the home of Robert Warren McMeans Jr. in the 12000 block of Marsh Road.

The investigation started Sept. 26 when the sheriff’s office received a tip from the Northern Virginia/District of Columbia Internet Crimes Against Children task force, Sgt. James Hartman said.

Mr. McMeans “has been charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after the investigation alleged (he) was meeting a minor female to engage in sexual activity,” Sgt. Hartman said. “He is also charged with three felonies for one count of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and two counts of distributing marijuana to a minor.”

The 15-year-old girl and the suspect connected on Facebook and started sending messages to one another in July, according to an affidavit Detective Candyce Shaw filed to get the search warrant. The girl also sent Mr. McMeans sexually explicit photos.

Twice, he allegedly went to the girl’s house. Both times, they smoked marijuana and engaged in sexual activity in his SUV, parked outside, Detective Shaw wrote.

During the Friday night search, deputies “recovered a significant amount of marijuana from the (suspect’s) home and a vehicle,” Sgt. Hartman added.

The Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office is a member of the ICAC taskforce.